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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots (www.404media.co)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.

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[–] 27 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Just wait until you see what's in their budget next year...

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    • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    This is going to create unsustainable costs in the long run. In the medium term it will hurt people indescriminately.

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    • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Fuck

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    [–] 8 points 3 days ago*

    we all knew this was coming the second they started showing the first silly robot dog videos.

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    [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    There's gotta be a way to hack these things.

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    [–] 6 points 3 days ago

    Maybe it's time we Bob general dynamics headquarters?

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    [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    Maybe smarter than the ICE agents.

    Meanwhile in China

    https://youtube.com/shorts/tUQCMyMQWzI

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    @Zerush @technocrit

    The Kata is a bit sloppy but considering its a robot doing it im damn impressed.

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